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5 episodes in and my first impression still has not changed at all. The concept of this show is exhilarating and unique, ninjas and their role in the modern world. However, it was a complete disappointment that these so-called "ninjas" are just bulky Power Rangers that look like absolute jokes. On top of that, it's just completely generic and none of the characters (with the exception of Kousetsu) really stand out and just feel like overgeneralised tropes.

The main problem with this anime's cast is the MC, Sakuraba Ittoki. He's demonstrated to be idealistic, optimistic, and nice, the problem is that none of these traits resemble ... that of a ninja's. This causes him to say some of the cheesiest things out of context and makes the viewer want to look away in embarrassment (I had to do that a couple times, unfortunately).

To further talk about the story of this anime, the concept is something we haven't really seen before, but it's absolutely awful that all the ninja talk is really never used as anything more than a marketing ploy to catch your eye. You could literally change the "ninja" in the title to any other fighting-related career and nothing would be changed at all.

TLDR; It's nothing special, just a very generic and boring anime that pretends to be about ninjas. Maybe that will change in the remaining 7 episodes, but I wouldn't bet on it.

What's so special about "Plunderer" that incentivises a review on it? Well... It's unoriginality. Throughout all 24 episodes of this show, I could not get one thing off of my mind, and that is the absolutely uncanny resemblance this anime has to the "Seven Deadly Sins (SDS)," or "Nanatsu no Taizai." Girl who travelled a long distance tries to find a certain guy, finds him and he saves her, they travel to do some adventuring shit, blah blah whatever you read the synopsis.

What makes this significantly worse than SDS? Well, everything, for starters, but mainly the absolutely cheesy characters and random plot points that ... will never be brought up ever again. Average animation along with a forgettable soundtrack did not help it either.

Characters:
To start, let's talk about the characters. The MC, Licht is literally Meliodas' clone. Unneeded perversion, happy-go-lucky even with a questionable background, and supposedly "overpowered" according to everyone in the anime. If you didn't like Meliodas, you won't like Licht either (and vice versa). Hina and Lyne were basically just Elizabeth and Diane, only there to suck up to Licht and give him good-night kisses, nothing else about them is noteworthy.

You can compare Jail to Ban, the guy who wanted to beat the living daylight out of Licht at first but all of a sudden decided "Oh yeah, we're friends now" after giving each other a hard roundhouse kick. Jail was also just Kirito-in-hiding in Plunderer, considering how he completely defies the whole "'higher Count = stronger' system" they have in place, demonstrated when he beats up Sonohara (an "Ace", by the way) with 1 "Count."

The romance was (for the most part) unnecessary as well, with each character having the hots for another and the viewers being constantly reminded of it for no reason at all. While I am a complete sucker for romance, the shitty dialogue that is used to convey these feelings will make you want to regret the concept of romance in media ever being brought up during a Greek Seminar 3 thousand years ago. Although, there are a few heartwarming scenes between Licht and Hina.

Story:
The story was quite interesting and the adventure concept was quite fascinating, coming from someone who somewhat enjoyed SDS. The whole "Count" system, Licht having a negative count, lower counts have to obey higher counts, the list goes on... Got all that noted down? Perfect, now be prepared to throw it all out the window after the first episode.

This is not even a joke, Geek Toys literally decided that all of these plot points are absolutely useless and by the 24th episode, you won't even remember any of this. They're also defied dozens of times, using Jail and his Kirito god-mode that was mentioned above as an example.

TLDR; If you liked or are a fan of Seven Deadly Sins/Nanastu no Taizai and want an anime just like it (quite literally a mirror anime), don't be afraid to give Plunderer a shot. However, do keep low expectations.